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resembling the moon in shape...
Moon
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth the satellite of the earth a secondary planet whose light borrowed from the sun is reflected to the earth and serves to dispel the darkness of night The diameter of the moon is 2160 miles its mean distance from the earth is 240000 miles and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth See Lunar month under Month...
Moon faced
Having a round full face...
blue moon
The second full moon occurring in the same month derived from the expression once in a blue moon as we had a blue moon on January 31 1999 and another in March...
Moon culminating
Culminating or coming to the meredian at or about the same time with the moon said of a star or stars esp of certain stars selected beforehand and named in an ephemeris as the Nautical Almanac as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination for determining terrestrial longitude...
Mooned
Of or resembling the moon symbolized by the moon...
Round-robin
Round-robin, a circle divided from the centre, like King Arthur's Round Table, whence its supposed origin. In each compartment is a signature, so that the entire circle, when filled, exhibits a list without priority being given to any name. A common form of round-robin is simply to write the names in a circular form. For an account of perhaps the most famous round-robin on record, see Boswell's Johnson, Edn. by Birkbeck Hill, vol. iii. p. 82....
Rounding
Round or nearly round becoming round roundish...
full of the moon
the time when the moon is fully illuminated...
Half moon
The moon at the quarters when half its disk appears illuminated...
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